A Keen Corporate Culture: Dwight Cooper believes it is the cornerstone to success Jacksonville Advantage, The Handbook for Small Business Cover story By Ashley Cisneros http://advantagebizmag.com/archives/685 Following the Golden Rule is usually deemed as a nice principle for living one’s life, but can a company use the rule to become more profitable? Dwight Cooper, CEO of [...]
Michael Johnigean: Turning a passion for health into a great business Jacksonville Advantage, The Handbook for Small Business Cover story of premiere issue By Ashley Cisneros http://advantagebizmag.com/archives/685 Michael Johnigean describes himself as a self-made man. The Jacksonville native and owner of HealthyWay Café has enjoyed incredible success since launching the organic restaurant in St. Johns Town [...]
Weina Scott is proof that with hard work, the American Dream can be realized. The daughter of Haitian immigrants launched and sold a podcasting website, Switchpod.com, when she was still in high school. Weina’s journey began about five years ago. After teaching herself HTML at age 13, Weina started creating web-based businesses — first a website that offered programming tutorials, then a web [...]
In the faceless world of e-mail and faxes, creating opportunities for handshakes and face-to-face interaction can refresh and energize your business, clients and employees. Trade shows, board meetings, incentive trips, conferences and conventions offer great ways to reconnect. "We live in the age of immediacy, and the Internet is an extremely powerful tool for sharing information," [...]
Lake City would be very different today if it was still the home of the University of Florida. The massive institution’s student population of more than 47,000 is almost five times that of Lake City’s population. With more people, there would undoubtedly be more traffic, more businesses and more money. The orange and blue saga of [...]
The Fourth of July weekend is here, and while many will wait until Monday night to experience fireworks, others will take matters into their own hands. There are a number of fireworks vendors selling their wares locally, but one thing you won't get in Lake City is more bang for your buck. There aren't any bottle rockets [...]
